Abbreviations and acronyms abound in computer terminology to the extent that no other scientific or technological field contains a higher number of these particular types of words than this one. This poses a serious problem for translators and linguists since they must face the inexhaustible resourcefulness of the English language as regards this creative system. The Spanish language usually tends to follow English in technological matters and this is also the case with computer terminology, so most of these words are never translated or are just partially adapted into our language. Throughout this paper the author will focus on this rich and complex world of contracted words and on their multiple forms.